Open AccessThe bioprinting roadmap
Author(s) -
Wei Sun,
Binil Starly,
Andrew C. Daly,
Jason A. Burdick,
Juergen Groll,
Gregor Skeldon,
Wenmiao Shu,
Yasuyuki Sakai,
Masanao Shinohara,
Masaki Nishikawa,
Jinah Jang,
DongWoo Cho,
Minghao Nie,
Serge Ostrovidov,
Roger D. Kamm,
Vladimir Mironov,
Lorenzo Moroni,
İbrahim T. Özbolat
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
biofabrication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.328
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1758-5090
pISSN - 1758-5082
DOI - 10.1088/1758-5090/ab5158
Subject(s) - biomanufacturing , 3d bioprinting , biofabrication , computer science , systems engineering , nanotechnology , engineering , tissue engineering , biomedical engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , materials science , biology
This bioprinting roadmap features salient advances in selected applications of the technique and highlights the status of current developments and challenges, as well as envisioned advances in science and technology, to address the challenges to the young and evolving technique. The topics covered in this roadmap encompass the broad spectrum of bioprinting; from cell expansion and novel bioink development to cell/stem cell printing, from organoid-based tissue organization to bioprinting of human-scale tissue structures, and from building cell/tissue/organ-on-a-chip to biomanufacturing of multicellular engineered living systems. The emerging application of printing-in-space and an overview of bioprinting technologies are also included in this roadmap. Due to the rapid pace of methodological advancements in bioprinting techniques and wide-ranging applications, the direction in which the field should advance is not immediately clear. This bioprinting roadmap addresses this unmet need by providing a comprehensive summary and recommendations useful to experienced researchers and newcomers to the field.